Showdown over encryption password in child porn case

Peter Fairbrother ukcrypto at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Thu, 17 Jan 2008 03:47:50 +0000


http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/16/encryption_password_showdown/


Magistrate Judge Jerome J. Niedermeier wrote in a November ruling. "If 
(the defendant) does know the password, he would be face with the 
forbidden trilemma: incriminate himself, lie under oath, or find himself 
in contempt of court."



m-o-o-t isn't ready yet, but it's on the way. Also a surprise or two on 
the SFS theory front :).


-- Peter Fairbrother